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>>9965421
He simply doesn't understand postmodernism and appeals to others who don't

>>9965429

>He simply doesn't understand postmodernism

literally every pomo ever

your ideology either means something identifiable and articulable or its an amalgam of meaningless, sophistic interpretations ad infinitum

>pro tip: it's the latter

>>9965443
Or it's just some dudes who you don't understand how to read and then bitch about later on 4chan.
Ten bucks say it is.

Elaborate

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>>9965419
The invention of CRISPR has rendered his work useless.

>implying pictograms and ideograms can't be misunderstood
Retard

Coffee break

I love breaks
Yes I do love breaks
I love them and I love them yes I love breaks
And I love coffee
And Iove smoking
Because that albeit briefly
Advances me to a tranquil subtraction
Oh those subtractions
The beloved omission
The harmless drug
Away from my cruel enemy
The heartless suffering
Sleeping for revenge.

A statue

You will not miss it
But I wonder sometimes
If anyone else has looked at it as closely as I have
Since many a year
The dreamlike statue
Has enthralled me
Answered me
Never questioned me
Never doubted my answers
Never judged me
Never scrutinised me

I'm grateful to this statue
I would've thanked it even
in one of my moments
Since it taught me something
Which is very important
It's called love
It can be quite complex sometimes
Especially on it's dying moments
Love is hard to describe
And needs much luck to find
For me the statue is where I fouund it
And now the statue is the only thing I love.

Some say
To truly understand a piece of poetry
You have to read it
One hundred times
But not aloud
Never aloud

>>9965380
i want to do this just so I can fuck the tits of the redhead that sits in front of me in my CS class

>>9965389
If you get too excited you'll break the spell. Here's how you do it: Stay in your bed in a reclined position as not to swallow your own spit, and keep still. DO NOT MOVE ONE BIT. You can not even move a pinky, you can breathe but your body does not naturally. After a while your body will go cold and you will enter sleep paralysis, close your eyes less you be a real nigga and face your fears. After that you will lucid dream, just take it slow.

>>9965362
p gud

>>9965362

literally looks like a free pdf on the amazon store what the fuck

>>9965362
https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/one-on-one-cole-stryker-author-of-epic-win-for-anonymous/?mcubz=3

>>9965351
I want to write a novel now about my fantasies towards women and use a smoking hot bikini model as the cover.

>>9965359
WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM? MAKING WOMEN INTO OBJECTS? FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT IS GOING TO PUT AN UNREALISTIC EXPECTATION FOR WOMEN.

Okay I tried too hard, but that's the response you will get.

>>9965350
You mean the tactics and stuff like that?

Football manager generals on /sp/ are surprisingly helpful in that topic.

>>9965459
Anything really; fiction, non-fiction or esoterically in-depth books that focus on strategy.

The Miracle of Castel di Sangro
The Keeper of Dream

>>9965332
Books about astrophysics anon.
I would recommend Carl Sagan's work.

>>9965332
Books on Buddhism

>>9965409
this

>>9965319
If you have a superiority complex it's because you're using it to conceal feelings of inadequacy

>>9965353
Maybe I should just hang myself?

>>9965354
It's just a phase son. It happens to a lot of us.

Well, it's hard to say with a writer in translation. Nabokov and some other Russians have noted that Tolstoy actually did have a certain rhythm in his native language, but that it goes a bit missing in English. Nonetheless, you're right to say that his prose is basically plain.

IMO, he's probably the best example of how ">reading for the prose" is a goddamn meme. Prose has always been a tool to do cool things with, and even the best prose stylists ultimately had great content.

Well, it's a good thing you've read Tolstoy and Dostoevsky in Russian so you're qualified to have this opinion, OP.

>>9965341
I rest easy in the fact that with such a faggy feminine way of speaking, I could easily beat the shit out of you and cuck you in real life. also, I think it's relatively well accepted that these guys weren't exactly stylistic gods

>>9965250
Um, how about Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

>>9965254
Looks pretty good, judging by the back cover

It's geared towards younger people, but Eragon is exactly like this.

Try ian banks culture series

>>9965231
Surprised you didn't mention Arthur C. Clarke (Childhood's End, Space Odyssey)

>>9965255
I read CE and enjoyed/did not enjoy about 50:50 of the book but the part with the children was neat and I enjoyed his short stories a lot (The Nine Billion Names of God).

>>9965241
I couldn't really get into Banks. I tried the State of the Art and my favourite story from it was Descendant.

You mean, Who's RED it???

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>>9965216
Stop that

>>9965166
I forgot "Wyvern" by A.A: Attanasio, one of the best ever.

>>9965166
O'Brian, Patrick - the Aubrey-Maturin series. 20.5 books to get through too, so it will last you a while. Enjoy!

>>9965768

In a similar vein, the Sharpe and Hornblower series are decent.

Obviously A portrait.